Chapter 189 The most terrifying department! The emperors exclaimed, "Rebellion!"
[Hello everyone, I am your new blogger Lao Haozi Dahan. ]

[Today we will talk about the most terrible department in the United States and why it is terrible! ]

[Many of you may have heard of the name of this department. ]

[It's called the Internal Revenue Service, or IRS.]

Outside the sky.

Jin Dynasty.

Sima Zhong looked at the sky and said that the most terrifying department in the United States in later generations would not be the army in charge of fighting and killing.

But the IRS which is responsible for collecting taxes?

I was very puzzled.

"The IRS, is that the tax collection department in the United States?"

"Isn't it just that the people pay taxes and the IRS collects them? As long as everyone pays taxes on time, won't everything be fine?"

"Isn't it just paying money? Why not pay gold coins?"

"Why does Tianmu say it's scary?"

tomorrow.

Zhu Yuanzhang was born in the lowest class.

Have a full understanding of the heavy taxes and levies.

We also know how those terrible and excessive taxes have forced ordinary people throughout the country to the point where they cannot survive.

"Could it be that the United States in later generations is also a country with extremely heavy taxes and levies?"

"Then the tax collectors squeezed the people and made their living miserable?"

"Let me see what a terrifying department this future U.S. Internal Revenue Service is."

“You can also refer to it for reference.”

"I can't let the Ming Dynasty lose the support of the people because of too many heavy taxes!"

The ancients had different standpoints and experiences.

Have their own understanding.

Some people think that paying taxes is natural.

The scariest part may be a little exaggerated.

Some people also think that it is worth watching.

And in the different ways of thinking of ancient people of different classes and identities.

Tianmu officially began to tell the story.

[One day in 2010, insurance manager Robert was drinking Coke in his car.]

[Suddenly, a strange engine noise was heard! ]

[The disturbing engine sound made Robert even more uneasy.]

【He turned his head and looked! 】

[What I saw was actually a plane, emitting a scream like that of a Stuka bomber, and crashing straight into a building.]

【Then there was a violent explosion, thick smoke and a huge fire. 】

[As a typical American, Robert naturally thought of the number of the emergency number at the first time.]

【911! 】

【Robert saw that the situation was not good and turned directly into Rufeng.】

[After returning home, I watched the news and found out who was responsible for the plane crash into the building...]

[It turned out to be my good friend Stark! ]

[Robert was confused now, because from any angle, Stark would never become a terrorist. ]

[Stark is a white Catholic, a senior engineer, and owns a luxury house, luxury car, and private jet.]

【Not only does he have a good family background, but he is also generous and kind, and is enthusiastic about charity. 】

[How could such a person become a terrorist? ]

[Robert racked his brains but couldn't figure it out.]

[It was not until later that Robert realized that the reason why Stark became a terrorist was purely because the government forced the people to rebel... and they had no choice but to rebel.]

[In this land of blooming green leaves, what kind of country can allow such a pillar of social elite to become a terrorist who flies a plane into a building? ]

[And let Stark degenerate into a terrorist organization. 】

[It is none other than the department that all American people fear the most, the IRS! ]

……

Outside the sky.

Sima Zhong, who was always extremely intelligent and often had different ideas from ordinary people, was confused.

"In theory, as long as you pay taxes, there won't be any problems."

"The Stark in the future on that screen doesn't look like someone who can't pay taxes, does he?"

……

Zhu Yuanzhang was also confused.

As an emperor who came from the grassroots, Zhu Yuanzhang believed that if he was an ordinary civilian or an ordinary small landlord.

Because of the problem of excessive taxes and levies, the country went bankrupt and had to revolt.

This is all very normal and common.

But this Stark on the sky.

Not only luxury cars and mansions, but even private jets!

Although Zhu Yuanzhang had no idea how developed the world would become in the future, he was basically certain that people who owned private jets in the future were no longer ordinary wealthy people.

But such people.

In the most powerful country in later generations, the officials were forced to rebel against the people?
Is it that exaggerated?

Amid the ancient people’s doubts and confusion.

Tianmu continued to tell the story.

[By the way, the three most dangerous things in the world are drug trafficking in China, kidnapping in Russia, and tax evasion in the United States. ]

Compared to the first two, drug trafficking or kidnapping, tax evasion seems so mild.

[But in fact, we know that the founding of the United States originated from a tax resistance event - the Boston Tea Party. ]

【The direct trigger of the Boston Tea Party. 】

[It originated from the tea tax levied by Britain. ]

[It is because the United States has a tradition of unruly citizens resisting taxes. ]

[So after they founded their country, they were very conservative and cautious about taxation, and at one point they did not dare to collect any national taxes.]

[After all, when the British ruled, they had to pay taxes. Now that the British have been driven away, the Americans still have to pay taxes when they rule themselves? ]

【Wouldn't the blood have been shed in vain? 】

【The United States at that time lived on tariffs. 】

[The federal government, which was nervous, did not formally impose its first tax, the distilled liquor tax, until 1790, more than a decade after the founding of the country.]

[This is because the United States at that time was a country founded by Puritans. ]

【Banners are politically correct.】

[The tax on distilled spirits would not cause much resistance, so the US government at the time announced the imposition of a tax on distilled spirits with trepidation.]

[The federal government has formulated a tax collection plan and arranged for tax collection personnel.]

【The result was not unexpected.】

【The taxation plan went wrong.】

[Because the most popular alcohol on the market at that time was whiskey. ]

[Whiskey, high passability and easy to store. ]

[Among many ordinary people, whiskey is not only a kind of alcohol, but also used as currency. ]

【When the federal government taxes alcohol, it's actually a tax on their money.】

[And the design of the distilled spirits tax also has big problems. ]

[The amount of tax is actually based on the number of distillers. ]

[A large still in a large winery counts as one. ]

[The mini distiller in a private workshop also counts as one. 】

[The same tax is charged.]

[In the eyes of the American people at that time, the reactionary federal government was collecting circulation taxes while also exacerbating the gap between the rich and the poor! ]

【Was the blood shed in vain?】

【So the American people took action very familiarly and launched anti-tax campaigns in various places. 】

[When the government's tax collectors arrived at various places, they were captured by numerous big men and tied to trees.]

【At least Aruba sports. 】

[Even nothing happens. ]

[By August 1792, tax protesters were even planning to hold a convention in Pittsburgh.]

[When the great American leader Washington saw this, he was shocked! ]

[This is no longer an ordinary troublemaker, we must strike hard! ]

[So with one order, the federal government organized armed personnel to go into the countryside to sweep and collect taxes armedly! ]

【Local villagers also organized armed resistance teams.】

[American stage, come if you have a gun! ]

[The two sides fought fiercely on the big stage, with casualties on both sides, and many tax collectors were taken captive.]

……

Outside the sky.

Seeing this, almost all emperors of all dynasties were angry.

Ying Zheng: "This future America is really a bunch of unruly people! Unruly people who have no laws!"

"What on earth did the American emperor do in later generations? Faced with such a situation, why didn't he strike back with all his might?"

Liu Che: "What a rebellion! What a rebellion!"

"If all of them are such unruly people, will the salt and iron monopoly still exist?"

"Could it be that the reason why the United States of later generations became the world's most powerful country is that their people are extremely tough and strong."

"So we have to become a fighting nation?"

Zhu Yuanzhang: "Ah, this?"

“Although I understand that the American people in later generations don’t want to pay taxes.”

"But I must say: What are you doing in the future America? Don't let me look down on you!"

Basically, the emperors of all dynasties, seeing the unruly American people of later generations, actually disobeyed their orders.

They are all very angry.

However, there were also some emperors who expressed true understanding.

(End of this chapter)